Bridge bid awarded to Riley Brothers Construction

All commissioners were present: John Dudycha, Al Remick, Ron Weiss, Chuck Simpson and Anthony Flage.

First up was the opening of bids for CSAH 13 bridge replacement project. County Engineer Eric Hove read off the bids as they opened them. 

Midwest Contracting, Marshall, MN - $948,355.00

Davidson Construction, TRF - $944,571.80

Taggart Contracting, TRF - $922,829.00

RJ Zavoral & Sons, Inc., EGF – 1,063,449.00

Riley Brothers Construction, Morris, MN - $908,984.30

Gladen Construction, LaPorte, MN – $941,224.98 

The bids all had the required bond and Addendum 1 included. Hove will look over all the bids and return with his recommendation.

Before he left, Hove asked for approval to advertise for SAP 063-603-011 & SAP 063-618-010 projects in the paper with a March bid opening. These projects are part of the 5-year plan that has been approved. CSAH 3 & CSAH 18 are not 10 ton roads, but with this overlay of 2.25 inches, rumble strips and shouldering it will bring them up to that standard. This project is located in the Dorothy/Huot areas.

While discussing the above project, Hove also mentioned that he would like to do CSAH 14, which is a gravel road, with the spraying of a stabilizing solution that will decrease dust and cut down on re-graveling costs. Hove said that Polk County has been doing many of their gravel roads and they are very pleased with the results. If the commissioners wanted to approve advertising for this project also there will be bid openings in April.

A motion was made for the SAP 063-603-011 & SAP 063-618-010 projects to be advertised for bids by Weiss, seconded by Dudycha, carried.

A motion was made for the CSAH 14 stabilization of the gravel road, for bids by Simpson and seconded by Flage, carried.

County Environmental Engineer Kurt Casavan brought forward to the board that working with Hove on the drawing of plans has been great and is saving the county money. Casavan usually used Houston Engineering to do the plans. Tanya Hanson, District Manager, RLC SWCD, also said working with Hove on projects has been a good working relationship. 

Social Services Director Kristi Nelson came before the board with a request for approval of shared employee Social Services Management Contracts with Norman County. Weiss made a motion to approve, Flage seconded, carried.

Tanya Hanson, SWCD and Kurt Casavan, Environmental, asked the board to approve a resolution to extend the Red Lake County Local Water Management plan that will expire in March of 2020. The reason is that Red Lake County is planning to participate in the development of a Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan for the Clearwater River through the One Watershed One Plan. The resolution says…the Red Lake County Board of Commissioners requests from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources an extension of the effective date of the current County Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan until 12/31/2023, in order to complete the update process in accordance with Minnesota Statutes… The motion was made by Simpson, seconded by Dudycha. Carried.

Casavan informed the board that he was leaving the Ditch Assessments the same as last year. Flage made a motion to accept the rates for this year the same as last year, Dudycha seconded. Carried.

Casavan was asked about the discussion about the landfills. The State is pushing to close the Red Lake County landfills and instead have transfer stations. Casavan is not in favor, but is still in discussion with the state. Mention of the Oklee Landfill being close to the river by the public was mentioned, but Casavan said the feeling he gets is the state just was to consolidate.

The minutes were approved with one change by a motion from Flage, seconded by Dudycha, carried.

Expenditure were looked over. Dudycha questioned why the RLC Fair Board was receiving $10,000. It was explained to him that the appropriations were in the budget and approved in December. This is a payment based on that approval. Dudycha said he doesn’t think they should get the money. Motion to pay the bills with a motion by Flage, seconded by Weiss. Roll call: Aye: Flage, Weiss, Remick, Simpson. Nay: Dudycha.

Hove returned after looking over all the bids received and recommended Riley Brother’s Construction from Morris, MN. They had the lowest bid and all the numbers were good. Motion to accept the bid was made by Simpson, seconded by Dudycha. Carried.

Committee reports were given starting with Simpson. He had a RLC Highway Dept. meeting, a RLC Economic Development meeting and a Red Lake County Fair Board meeting.

Flage attended a State Auditors meeting, and a Inter County Nursing meeting.

Weiss attended the Quin Meeting, the Highway meeting and a Corrections meeting.

Dudycha attended an Inter County Community Council meeting.

Remick had attended the Red Lake County Soil, Water Conservation District meeting, NW Mental Health meeting and had a question about the NW Regional Development meeting dates.

Next meeting is scheduled for February 11, 2020 at 10 a.m.